"Personal Soundtrack T-Shirt" Arises from April Fool's Joke

April 8, 2008

Fairfax, Va.-based DVICE, the gadget store on the Think Geek Web site, recently created a T-shirt with a workable speaker. For April Fools Day, the Web site posted an image of a black T-shirt with a working speaker on the front as an April Fool's joke. Think Geek didn't think such a T-shirt would be popular or that people would ever pay money for it, but people soon began e-mailing the company asking for the T-shirt.

The Web site quickly printed the T-shirt with a workable speaker, which has a pocket remote that plays either music or sound effects. The name of the T-shirt is 'Personal Soundtrack T-Shirt' and is available on the Think Geek Web site. Read full article >>

Source: Polo-shirts.com

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